Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The district in charge of a constable; specifically, a ward or division of a castle under the care of a constable.
- noun Same as
constabulary .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The constabulary.
- noun obsolete The district or jurisdiction of a constable.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Obsolete form of
constabulary .
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Examples
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I had a girlfriend some years ago who had a bad experience with a creep who tried to assault her in a unisex bathroom and a constablery which wouldn't even deign to accept a statement from her since she wasn't a fluent French speaker and an American tourist.
Paris. Ann Althouse 2005
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